Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 697 - 660 High-Spirited

Chapter 697: Chapter 660: High-Spirited Chapter 697: Chapter 660: High-Spirited Rocky’s message was clear: he had the Advanced Runes, but he just wouldn’t give them to you!

After he finished speaking, the look on Higgins’s face was indescribably ugly, for after several days of verification, he had not only confirmed the authenticity of the Rune, but also seen its potential. It was undeniably an invention great enough to change the world, and for an academic master like Higgins, this sort of invention was fatally tempting.

So, how could merely First Level Runes satisfy him? He wanted to get his hands on more Advanced Runes and even more Rune Technology, but regrettably, Rocky had no plans to give any to him.

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Afterwards, Higgins still wanted to make an effort, but Rocky clearly had no intention of continuing the negotiation, simply saying, “Mr. Higgins, if you think there’s no problem, please inform the Alliance.”

“This, well, alright.”

Though somewhat unwilling, Higgins had no choice in the face of Rocky’s hard stance, especially since he had seen that this Rocky was not the same as the one who sold the Tank Armor before—nobody dared to deliberately make things difficult for him now, or else they could just look at the fates of the City of Fury and Sky Might.

So, despite his reluctance, Higgins still nodded to Glan, indicating that the items Rocky had provided were up to the Alliance’s standards.

“Good, I’ll notify the Alliance now.”

Seeing Higgins nod, Glan didn’t say much else and directly went to contact the Alliance. At the same time, Higgins planned to take his team and leave.

“Mr. Higgins, please wait.”

From the throne in the City Lord’s Hall, Rocky, watching the departing Higgins and his team, called out to them.

“City Lord Rocky, is there anything else?”

“Since you’re here, why not rest a few more days in Thunderhawk City?” Rocky said with a slight smile to Higgins before turning his head to Monte, “Take Mr. Higgins and his team to the hotel, and make sure they’re well attended to, understood?”

“Understood!”

Monte responded and with a wave of his hand, two Void Magic Warriors clad in Thunderhawk Armor stepped in from outside, then followed Monte to approach Higgins and his team.

“Mr. Higgins, if you please,” Monte said with a booming voice, gesturing with an outstretched hand.

“…”

How could someone as clever as Higgins not understand? He glanced at Monte and the two Void Magic Warriors behind him, then looked back at Rocky and realized what this meant.

Clearly, Rocky was not going to let them leave so easily, or to be more precise, he wouldn’t let them leave without getting the money first.

Is that so?

Of course, it is! Rocky hadn’t become so naive as to blindly trust the Alliance, and unless he received the agreed-upon fifty million Gold Coins, he wouldn’t let Higgins leave with the Rune. What if the Sky Alliance reneged on their agreement? Never think that the big Alliance wouldn’t stoop to dirty tricks; when it comes to interests, any means were possible.

It was precisely because Higgins saw Rocky’s intentions that he didn’t insist too much, and simply followed Monte with his team.

No sooner had Higgins and his company left than Glan returned, promptly informing Rocky that the Alliance agreed to the trade, but fifty million Gold Coins were indeed an enormous sum. Nevermind the other concerns, the coins’ weight alone was several tons, so they couldn’t be delivered all at once; it would have to be in two installments: twenty million first, then thirty million.

To this, Rocky naturally expressed understanding, not only agreeing but also telling Glan that until all the Gold Coins had been delivered, Higgins and his team wouldn’t be able to return to the Alliance…

Perhaps Higgins being detained had made the Alliance a bit anxious, or perhaps it was simply Rocky’s own mistrust, but in any case, the first installment of twenty million Gold Coins arrived three days later, and after another two days, the second batch of thirty million Gold Coins also arrived, completing the Alliance’s payment of fifty million Gold Coins.

And of course, once the money was paid in full, Rocky kept his promise and decisively let Higgins and his team leave Thunderhawk City.

And with that, Rocky had finally come into money—and a tremendous amount of it at that!

Fifty million Gold Coins, a sum not only sufficient for Orton and the others to proceed with the next phase of research, but also more than enough for Rocky to do many extra things.

So, after seeing off Higgins, the first thing Rocky did was contact the Ruby Chamber of Commerce to get them to help procure research materials in Eternal City on one hand, and on the other, to continue transporting supplies to Thunderhawk City.

As mentioned before, since the Demon attacks ended, Rocky had the Ruby Chamber of Commerce continuously send supplies to Thunderhawk City, a move that was, of course, very understandable—after all, for a long time, Backhill Village had been blockaded by the City of Fury, leading to Rocky’s two Sky Cities and one base barely scraping by on smuggling, not to mention the subsequent Demon attacks. Hence, once all that was over, Rocky naturally wanted to replenish in full force.

But the reality was not so simple; after getting the fifty million Gold Coins, Rocky had the Ruby Chamber of Commerce continue to send supplies to Thunderhawk City. By then the Chamber had already made two trips and had sent over a hundred merchant ships’ worth of goods to Thunderhawk City, yet Rocky still felt it wasn’t enough.

Let’s put it this way: in addition to purchasing research materials and supplies, Rocky spent a total of twenty million Gold Coins on these two items alone, with half on research materials, and the other ten million all on supplies. The supplies were so abundant that Thunderhawk City and Carltos City couldn’t hold them all, necessitating that the new supplies be stored in North Mountain Village, but even so, Rocky kept buying and buying without cessation.

This behavior naturally puzzled everyone, even the Ruby Chamber of Commerce found it incomprehensible, but later, as Rocky stockpiled more and more goods, people began to sense something amiss—clearly, he was preparing for something.

Indeed, Rocky was not mindlessly splurging, everything he did had a clear purpose, but that purpose was unknown to outsiders, and he had no intention of revealing it.

In any case, after getting the fifty million Gold Coins, he quickly spent twenty million of it, yet still, that wasn’t enough to satisfy Rocky. He soon started planning how to spend the remaining thirty million Gold Coins.

In Rocky’s eyes, Gold Coins were only truly useful when spent; what difference was there between hoarding them in a vault and keeping scrap metal? So with a wave of his hand, he allocated another ten million for Orton’s research budget, allowing Orton and his team to spend freely, no longer needing to worry about research constraints.

As for how to spend the remaining money, Rocky considered for a long time, even feeling that he had so much money that he couldn’t find enough ways to spend it. This feeling was simply wonderful—and wasn’t it just like that of a wealthy tycoon!